The English We Speak: Happy Bunny

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2012

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'Happy bunny'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:13.0	From the BBC.
0:17.0	Hello, I'm Neil.
0:20.0	Hello, I'm Neil. I'm having a bad day. Something terrible has happened.
0:30.0	My goodness, what's that approaching?
0:35.0	Hello, hello Neil.
0:38.0	It's Lee.
0:40.0	What's going on?
0:42.0	You will never guess. What's happened on? You will never guess what's happened to me. You do look like a happy bunny.
0:47.0	Ha ha, yes I am.
0:51.0	A happy bunny, which literally means a happy rabbit.
0:55.0	It's another of those strange English expressions.
0:59.0	What Neil actually means is that I look happy.
1:02.0	Why rabbits are involved? I don't know. That's just the way it is.
1:06.0	Here are some more examples of this expression in use.
1:10.0	That's brilliant news. You must be a very happy bunny. I'm a happy bunny today because I pass my English test.
1:22.0	Yes, Neil, I'm a happy bunny. But what about you? Is something wrong?
1:28.0	I'm not a happy bunny. You see, something awful happen today.
1:35.0	Oh, Neil is not a happy bunny.
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